THE IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING AND TEACHING OF CHILDREN AT YOUNGER SCHOOL AGE

Abstract

This article focuses in particular on the close correlation between physical exercise and the process of learning. Conscious and intended use of physical exercise increases children’s cognitive possibilities and supports the influence of school education on pupils. Even though there are already some studies concerning the above mentioned issue, the correlation between cognitive and emotional-motivation processes and physical exercise is not always appreciated and used in practice. Such marginalization of the influence of physical exercise on learning and teaching of children results not only in lower effectiveness of education, but it also gives rise to even more problems connected with difficulties in learning and behavioural disorders of the younger school age children. This article presents also the results of the research concerning opinions of early school education teachers on the use of physical exercise in the process of teaching of younger school pupils. The research aims, among others, at discovering the methods and techniques based on physical exercise that are used for teaching youngest pupils